Hearing Ronan's name, Christopher Nolan was quite surprised, because he hadn't thought about Batman at all before, and who didn't know that since the fiasco of "Batman and Robin", Warner Bros. and DV Comics have announced that the film adaptation of the Batman series will be sealed indefinitely.

But on second thought, beyond the fact that it's a comic book superhero, it seems that Batman is really a good fit.

A protagonist who moves in the dark night, a hero who has a deep hatred and suffering......

From the most basic human point of view, Bruce Wayne not only operates in the dark, but also should be full of darkness inside.

At this moment, Christopher Nolan felt that Batman was really suitable.

"Bruce Wayne is really good. Christopher Nolan frowned: "But the Batman series ......"

Ronan said: "The previous "Batman" series of movies has completely smashed the series, and even Warner Bros. and DC Comics have lost confidence. ”

Christopher Nolan said: "Who said it wasn't. ”

When he thought of George Clooney's outfit, he felt a chill.

Ronan came over this time with a clear purpose and plan, and said directly: "If Warner Bros. and DC Comics feel that they can take another adventure, we may not have a chance to reboot Batman." ”

"We?" Christopher Nolan quickly grasped the key to Ronan's words: "Restart?"

Ronan said directly: "Sony Columbia Pictures' 'Spider-Man' is about to be released, and I watched the internal preview of this film through connections, and according to my judgment, this film will not only be successful, but will create a glory that superhero movies have never had." ”

He glanced at Christopher Nolan and continued: "Once Spider-Man shines, Warner Bros. and DC Comics will definitely think of their own superheroes. ”

Christopher Nolan smiled and said, "Bruce Wayne is really good for the dark style, but Ronan, I never thought about making a superhero movie. ”

Ronan was a little surprised, because on the "Batman" footage he had seen in his previous life, Christopher Nolan said that it had always been his dream to make a Batman movie.

Sure enough, the film company did everything to promote it.

"Chris, I can't think of a better character and subject matter than Bruce Wayne. Ronan said directly: "Have you seen Frank Miller's 1986 The Dark Knight Returns?"

He added, "Frank Miller brings a dark world and an even darker person to life before the reader's eyes, and Bruce Wayne goes from being the patronus of Gotham to being a real man. ”

Christopher Nolan is a pretty smart person, and Ronan must have a unique vision for leading so many successful films in a row.

"I'll take a hard look at this comic. He said very seriously: "Ronan, do you want to work with me on a new Batman movie?"

This is a smart man, Ronan did not hide it, and said: "Since you told me on the night of the premiere, I thought of "The Dark Knight Returns", and wanted to relaunch the Batman series, create a new Batman trilogy, and make Bruce Wayne a real person, and just as you are going to shoot a dark style film, I think you will be a good choice." ”

Christopher Nolan bluntly said the hardest: "Warner Bros. and DC Comics can't give us the rights, even if we spend money to buy it." ”

This is a very real problem, and unless a super sky-high price is thrown, it is absolutely impossible for Warner Bros. and DC Comics to give up the most valuable superhero in their hands.

Ronan had already planned and carefully considered the cooperation model between Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. on the Batman trilogy in the previous life, saying: "We can make a plan that is enough to impress Warner Bros. and DV Comics, let them relaunch the Batman series, so that Shahai Entertainment can obtain the relevant filming authorization of DC Comics." ”

He explained simply: "Jointly funded and filmed by Shahai Entertainment and Warner Bros., Shahai Entertainment only shares the revenue and does not want copyright and distribution. ”

This is just a preliminary idea, and it will be necessary to negotiate with Warner Bros. and DC Comics later.

Christopher Nolan is a very important part of this plan, and Ronan wouldn't be involved without Christopher Nolan at the helm.

It is impossible to get the movie rights of the leading superheroes from Warner Bros. and DC Comics, so you can only find a way to share the revenue from them.

Large Hollywood companies have never refused to allow other production companies to participate in high-risk projects, which can effectively share the risks.

Ronan remembers very well that in his previous life, Christopher Nolan's version of the "Batman" trilogy and films such as "Inception" were all filmed by Warner Bros. in cooperation with Legendary Pictures.

Of course, all the distributors of these films are Warner Bros.

As long as the distribution rights are firmly grasped, Warner Bros. is enough to ensure its own revenue after the success of the film.

Ronan Ken collaborated with Christopher Nolan before his career, not only for the Batman trilogy, but also for Christopher Nolan's other films.

Even if everything goes according to plan, the distribution rights of the Batman trilogy will not be available, but what about those original films by Christopher Nolan? The copyright has nothing to do with Warner Bros. and DC Comics, and can be invested and produced by Shahai Entertainment and distributed worldwide by Embassy Pictures.

Of course, there are downsides to this, and once Warner Bros. decides that Christopher Nolan is extremely valuable, and Christopher Nolan is willing to work with Relativity Entertainment, the relationship is delicate......

It is true that whoever cooperates with is free, and this is also a so-called democratic and free society, but there are so many things about business mess in this world.

Fortunately, according to Ronan's overall development plan, Relativity Entertainment will not be what it is now.

He himself gave a rough division of power to all the Hollywood companies, with the lowest being the micro-companies that made crude videotapes and mill films, such as Shahai Entertainment in the early to mid-nineties.

Above you are small film companies and the bag studios of the stars.

One level above this are pure mid-level production companies, such as pre-bankruptcy Cullock Films and Orion Pictures, which have no distribution capacity.

Then there are medium-sized film companies, which have relatively strong production capacity and good distribution capabilities, such as DreamWorks, New Line and Relativity Entertainment.

Then there are the large film companies, which have a heavyweight voice and a complete industrial chain in the industry, and the six major Hollywood companies are representatives.

Film and television are only part of the entertainment industry, and now the six major Hollywood companies have become part of the entertainment media group, and on top of these large film companies, there are also entertainment media groups.

Such as Sony Entertainment, Time Warner, Walt Disney, and News Corp, to name a few.

Most of Hollywood's traditional film companies, which have not developed into entertainment media groups, have been acquired by entertainment media groups since the eighties and nineties and have become important content suppliers.

The whole of Hollywood, with and only Walt Disney, has grown from a traditional studio and distribution label to an entertainment media conglomerate.

But Walt Disney is now weaker, and after the annexation of ABC TV, it is still indigestion.

On top of the entertainment media group, there are also super-large entertainment groups, which are leaders in the entire industry, such as Walt Disney in the previous life.

Under the control of Robert Iger, Walt Disney not only ate many small and medium-sized companies one after another, but later swallowed most of the business and assets of Twentieth Century Fox.

Ronan's rough planning allows him to roughly see the position of Relativity Entertainment, which is undoubtedly in the middle of the range among micro companies, small companies, medium-sized companies, medium-sized companies with distribution capabilities, large companies, entertainment media groups, and super entertainment media groups.

As long as Relativity Entertainment can squeeze into the ranks of entertainment media groups, it will have a certain strength to resist the pressure from all sides.

Now that DreamWorks is attracting firepower in front, Relativity Entertainment can develop obscenely, but DreamWorks will always fall one day, and Relativity Entertainment will always face all kinds of competition in the industry.

Competition can't be avoided, but can only rise to the challenge, just like Ronan did with Christopher Nolan, to seize the opportunity to pool resources to strengthen the company.

Ronan and Christopher Nolan exchanged a lot of views with Batman on the dark style, this is only the first time to talk about specific projects, Christopher Nolan still has the work of "White Nights" to do, and it is impossible for Christopher Nolan to give a direct answer.

"Chris, if you have time, take a look at The Dark Knight Returns. Before leaving, Ronan reminded, "Consider my suggestion carefully. ”

Given Ronan's reputation for repeated successes, Christopher Nolan said very seriously: "I'm going to look for 'The Dark Knight Returns' tonight." ”

Ronan shook hands with Christopher Rowland and went to the studio of the Sand Sea Entertainment project crew.

In fact, there are some things he won't say to anyone, because only Ronan himself understands that the more successful Christopher Nolan's "Batman" trilogy is, the better it will be for him to hold the rights of the Avengers and other in his hands.

This is also to dig a difficult hole for Warner Bros.

In the previous life, the real-life version of Batman was a huge success, which not only allowed Warner Bros. to enjoy high dividends, but also brought endless troubles, which to a certain extent led to a great impact on DC's Justice League plan.

The traces left by this copyright lord are too heavy, and they appear in the Justice League or other DC superhero movies......

Think of the scolding that Big Ben had incurred.

And the influence of the dark style makes the Justice League want to die.

From Ronan's current point of view, although DC and Marvel are in a competitive and cooperative relationship with each other, the less smooth DC's Justice League series is, the more it is in his interests.